AlbiHolmes
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Hello everyone, I have been looking around for a good forum to join and this seems to be the best one with the most knowledgable people. Lets start from the beggining. My name is Keith. Our 6ish month old bearded dragon's name is Albi Holmes. My girlfriend and I went to see a movie on Febuary 20th and the movie was sold out, so instead we go to our local "Jack's Aquarium" to look around. Baby bearded dragons were on sale for $99.98 and out of the 5 little guys inside, 1 stood out. He would follow your finger and stand on the ledge looking all like "pick me! pick me!" Coincedentally, they also had " Zilla Deluxe bearded dragon set ups" on sale for 149.99. That consisted of a 20gal long tank, 2 big fixtures, 1 small fixture, one 150w blue day bulb, one 50 night incandescent bulb, and one coil compact uvb bulb. Also, a water dish, food dish, and alfalfa pellets for substrate. I will have to admit 2 things, first, i wanted to buy everything seperate to be able to pick out exactly what i wanted but the lady kind of scammed me into getting it, and second, I really didnt know a whole lot about bearded dragons.
I was quick to learn as much as I could in a short period of time to make sure our BD had a good home. I quickly changed the substrate to tile and got rid of the incandesent and replaced it with a CHE, However, she has been using the compact for these 4 months. I just recieved our Exo terra light cycle unit and 36" reptisun tube today. She has eaten her greens ever since we brought her home. Never really has any trouble eating vegs/crickets.
We brought her to the vet approx. 5 weeks ago and found out she had pinworms... I thought something was up when her poop began to stink a lot more and was runnier than normal. They game me 2 syringes with 1cc of Panacur in each, we gave 1 to her when we got back from the vet and one 2 weeks later... She only poops every 3 days or so, and never poops in the bath??? HER POO IS STILL PRETTY RUNNY??? We both work full time and with her not pooping daily, it doesnt give us much of an opportunity to get it tested again.. But the first poop beginning next week I will be sure to get it there.
So, 4 months after getting Albi and "SHE" is doing pretty good we think! She is 15 inches long (6 inches when we got her) and I dont have a digital scale or any means of weighing her so.. We switched her into a 75gal tank and I built her some sweet ass platforms to accomidate the tank. , I got the motivation from seeing everyone elses set ups After over $150 and 25-30 hours of work, it turned out great!... I have a whole bunch of pics if I can figure out how to upload them.
Any suggestions or questions, dont hesitate to ask, I will be open to any advice if you have it. I will upload the pics of the enclosures in order that the were set up (Oldest to present..) I will be changing it this week to put the reptisun inside of the tank and also going to do HALF TILE, HALF FINE PLAY SAND??? I know its controversial but I always see her "scratching/digging" on the tile, I will monitor her closely for the first few days to make sure she isnt eating a bunch. I will add those pics when completed.
Questions:
Could the runny stool be from her eating a decent amount of Kale/Mustard Greens/Collard Greens?\
Is pooping one every 3 days normal?
How do I insert images?????
Sorry its soo long, and thanks in advance for any and all help!
Keith & Albi
I was quick to learn as much as I could in a short period of time to make sure our BD had a good home. I quickly changed the substrate to tile and got rid of the incandesent and replaced it with a CHE, However, she has been using the compact for these 4 months. I just recieved our Exo terra light cycle unit and 36" reptisun tube today. She has eaten her greens ever since we brought her home. Never really has any trouble eating vegs/crickets.
We brought her to the vet approx. 5 weeks ago and found out she had pinworms... I thought something was up when her poop began to stink a lot more and was runnier than normal. They game me 2 syringes with 1cc of Panacur in each, we gave 1 to her when we got back from the vet and one 2 weeks later... She only poops every 3 days or so, and never poops in the bath??? HER POO IS STILL PRETTY RUNNY??? We both work full time and with her not pooping daily, it doesnt give us much of an opportunity to get it tested again.. But the first poop beginning next week I will be sure to get it there.
So, 4 months after getting Albi and "SHE" is doing pretty good we think! She is 15 inches long (6 inches when we got her) and I dont have a digital scale or any means of weighing her so.. We switched her into a 75gal tank and I built her some sweet ass platforms to accomidate the tank. , I got the motivation from seeing everyone elses set ups After over $150 and 25-30 hours of work, it turned out great!... I have a whole bunch of pics if I can figure out how to upload them.
Any suggestions or questions, dont hesitate to ask, I will be open to any advice if you have it. I will upload the pics of the enclosures in order that the were set up (Oldest to present..) I will be changing it this week to put the reptisun inside of the tank and also going to do HALF TILE, HALF FINE PLAY SAND??? I know its controversial but I always see her "scratching/digging" on the tile, I will monitor her closely for the first few days to make sure she isnt eating a bunch. I will add those pics when completed.
Questions:
Could the runny stool be from her eating a decent amount of Kale/Mustard Greens/Collard Greens?\
Is pooping one every 3 days normal?
How do I insert images?????
Sorry its soo long, and thanks in advance for any and all help!
Keith & Albi